Flight simulator system
First Claim
1. An apparatus for use in combination with a television receiver for producing a controllable display simulating the flight of an aircraft comprisingcontrol means coupled to said receiver for producing signals to which said receiver is responsive to produce fixed and movable display marks on said screen, said control means includingsync circuit means for generating vertical and horizontal sync signals consistent with the raster pattern of said receiver;
- first circuit means for generating signals to which said receiver is responsive to simultaneously produce on said screen first and second symbols representative of an aircraft with one of said symbols being displayed in an upper portion of said screen and the other being displayed in the remaining lower portion of said screen;
second circuit means for generating signals to which said receiver is responsive to produce on said screen third and fourth symbols representative of a landscape feature, said third and fourth symbols being displayed respectively in said upper and lower portions;
said first circuit means including variable circuit means for changing the time of generation of said signals generated thereby to concurrently change the horizontal location of said first and second symbols to produce the appearance of motion of said symbols in a horizontal direction, and to independently change the vertical locations of said first and second symbols in said upper and lower portions; and
manually movable control means mechanically coupled to said variable circuit means for enabling an operator to control the direction of movement of said first and second symbols.
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Abstract
A flight simulator having an operator console, a conventional television receiver and one or more transparencies which are overlaid on the face of the television receiver.Electronic signals, generated by circuits housed in the operator console, produce an illuminated display on the television receiver including movable symbols representing the simulated aircraft, and fixed symbols representing environmental features such as landing fields. Controls on the console permit an operator to "fly" the aircraft symbol from, around and to the fields. Two modes of operation are provided, one simulating cross-country flight and the other, employing an enlarged scale representation, simulating takeoff and landing conditions.The overlay includes other fixed environmental features such as mountains. The display is divided into two portions, one in elevation and the other in plan, with aircraft symbols being concurrently visible in each portion.
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17 Claims
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1. An apparatus for use in combination with a television receiver for producing a controllable display simulating the flight of an aircraft comprising
control means coupled to said receiver for producing signals to which said receiver is responsive to produce fixed and movable display marks on said screen, said control means including sync circuit means for generating vertical and horizontal sync signals consistent with the raster pattern of said receiver; -
first circuit means for generating signals to which said receiver is responsive to simultaneously produce on said screen first and second symbols representative of an aircraft with one of said symbols being displayed in an upper portion of said screen and the other being displayed in the remaining lower portion of said screen; second circuit means for generating signals to which said receiver is responsive to produce on said screen third and fourth symbols representative of a landscape feature, said third and fourth symbols being displayed respectively in said upper and lower portions; said first circuit means including variable circuit means for changing the time of generation of said signals generated thereby to concurrently change the horizontal location of said first and second symbols to produce the appearance of motion of said symbols in a horizontal direction, and to independently change the vertical locations of said first and second symbols in said upper and lower portions; and manually movable control means mechanically coupled to said variable circuit means for enabling an operator to control the direction of movement of said first and second symbols. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. An apparatus for use in combination with a television receiver for producing a controllable display simulating the flight of an aircraft comprising
control means coupled to said receiver for producing signals to which said receiver is responsive to produce fixed and movable display marks on said screen, said control means including sync circuit means for generating vertical and horizontal sync signals consistent with the raster pattern of said receiver; -
first circuit means for generating signals to which said receiver is responsive to simultaneously produce on said screen first and second symbols representative of the same aircraft with one of said symbols being displayed in an upper portion of said screen and the other being displayed in the remaining lower portion of said screen; second circuit means for generating signals to which said receiver is responsive to produce on said screen third and fourth symbols representative of the same landscape feature, said third and fourth symbols being displayed respectively in said upper and lower portions; said first circuit means including means for producing signals representative of aircraft speed, rate of turn and rate of climb, computing means responsive to said speed, rate of turn and rate of climb signals for generating signals representative of east-west velocity, north-south velocity, elevation and range, third circuit means responsive to the signals generated by said computing means and responsive to said vertical and horizontal sync signals for producing display video signals representing aircraft position and motion on said television screen. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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